When you make a risotto you should be in perfect harmony with yourself

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The Fairfield Review, An On-line Literary Magazine for the Global Community.

“When you make a risotto you should be in perfect harmony with yourself. You shouldn’t be nervous or angry. It’s a ritual that is going to give you so much pleasure later that it’s worth spending fifteen or twenty minutes over a hot stove stirring very slowly. It can be like seducing a woman. She doesn’t know you, and you need to work things out with her slowly—meeting, flirting, getting to know each other, and wanting each other. That’s what a good risotto is all about. It’s the dish of romance. If you rush it’s never good.” --Pino Luongo, A Tuscan in the Kitchen.